The Courage to Hope: From Black Suffering to Human Redemption (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807009536)

In this unique collaboration, the most prized and esteemed scholars in theology, religious history, and sociology offer a new understanding of American spiritual life by placing African-American religious experience at its center. Moving from specific cases in African-American history and theology to discussions of how African-American experiences can and should inform all studies of American life, they uncover the spiritual human soul that unites all of us. The editors call this project a "testament of hope," and it is a powerful tribute to the late James M. Washington, whose works were an inspirational search for universality. Contributors include James H. Cone, David D. Daniels III, Walter E. Fluker, Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, E. Lee Hancock, Dale T. Irvin, Carolyn Ann Knight, Charles H. Long, Sandy Dwayne Martin, Genna Rae McNeil, Richard Newman, Albert J. Raboteau, Gary V. Simpson, Mark V.C. Taylor, Judith Weisenfeld, and Lucas Wilson. Quinton Hosford Dixie is assistant professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana. Cornel West is Alphonse Fletcher, Jr., University Professor at Harvard University and author of many books, including Race Matters.

Author: Cornel West
ISBN-10: 0807009539
ISBN-13: 9780807009536
Publisher: Beacon Press
Language: English
Published: 11/15/1999
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.58w x 0.83d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/11/1999 pg. 71
Booklist 10/15/1999 pg. 397
Library Journal 11/15/1999 pg. 73